History and Special Collections for the Sciences
The Biomedical Library’s History and Special Collections for the Sciences, formally established in 1964, traditionally collected materials in the broad subject areas of medicine and the life sciences. Both the scope and the name have been expanded to include the physical sciences and engineering.
In Medicine the holdings document the history of medical thought and practice from the earliest times to the recent past. The life sciences holdings focus on natural history, zoology and botany. Although more limited in scope, the collection in the physical sciences and engineering reflects the traditional strength of those collections.
What's New
The Antikamnia ("Opposed to Pain") Chemical Company of St. Louis, Missouri produced several calendars illustrated with "Skeleton Sketches" -- bizarre series based on the skull-obsessed watercolors of local physician artist Louis Crucius.
The calendar for 1900 matches 2007's day-for-day. Recently-acquired copies of the English- and French-language versions were scanned and are available here as PDFs and JPEGs.
1900 = 2007
